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...could be that way for a reason. A narrow dirt road,on
a steep mountain, waaay above the lake is not the best place
for a dead end. I got some good pictures and I got to put
it into four wheel drive, but it was a little hairy turning
around. Yiiikes! Yesterday I took the highway around the
lake and today I took a road much closer to the lake. Most
tourists take a boat to one or two specific villages. Each
boat is greeted by a flock merchants and local guides hungry
for the tourist Quetzales. I was able to visit the smaller
villages that don't get any tourist traffic. The brilliant
colored outfits that Guatemala is famous for are different
in every village. At the time of the Spanish conquest, each
village was assigned different colors as a way of keeping
tabs on the Natives. The colors are now a source of pride,
like school colors, if you will. "We're from the blue village,
Ra, Ra, Ra! We grow onions, Sis, Boom, Bah!" OK, they're
not that excited, but the colors are awesome!
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